splash

splash
splash
A n
1 (sound) plouf m ; with a splash avec un plouf ; to make a big splash lit faire un grand plouf ; fig faire sensation ;
2 (drop, patch) (of mud) tache f ; (of water, oil) éclaboussure f ; (of colour) touche f ; (of tonic, soda : in drink) goutte f.
B vtr
1 (spatter, spray) éclabousser [person, surface] ; to splash sth over sb/sth éclabousser qn/qch de qch ; to splash one's way through sth traverser qch en pataugeant ;
2 (sprinkle) to splash water on to one's face s'asperger de l'eau sur le visage ; to splash one's face with water s'asperger le visage d'eau ;
3 (maliciously) to splash water/acid onto envoyer de l'eau/de l'acide sur ;
4 Journ mettre [qch] à la une [story, picture] ; the news was splashed across the front page la nouvelle a fait la une des journaux.
C vi
1 (spatter) [coffee, paint, wine] faire des éclaboussures (onto, over sur) ; water was splashing from the tap l'eau giclait du robinet ;
2 (move) to splash through sth [person] traverser qch en pataugeant ; [car] traverser qch en faisant des éclaboussures ;
3 (in sea, pool) faire des éclaboussures (in dans).
Phrasal verbs
splash around :
splash around barboter (in dans) ;
splash [sth] around envoyer [qch] partout [water, paint] ; to splash money around claquer son argent.
splash down amerrir.
splash out (spend money) faire des folies ; splash out on faire la folie de s'offrir [dress, hat, book].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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